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File transfer via USB (non-rooted tab)

I've been getting to know my Galaxy Tab 10.1 for the past week. It's the standard GT-P7510 running Android 3.1, non-rooted (scared to break it at this point!)...

My PC is running Ubuntu 10.10, and I'd like to do file transfers to/from the tab, accessing it like a USB drive. When I plug the Tab's USB inteface cable into the PC, a USB connector symbol message takes over the Tab's screen, indicating that it's connected (it also says "Press the home key to quit Samsung Kies"). At the same time, on my Ubuntu desktop a "camera" icon labeled SAMSUNG_Android pops up.

At first when I clicked on the camera icon on the Ubuntu desktop, it tried to access it via Open Shotwell, which is Ubuntu camera interface program. So I disabled automatic access by that app, using Ubuntu's utility to set what apps run automatically when you click on folders or files.

After doing that, I can browse folders on the Tab's sdcard by clicking the camera icon on Ubuntu's desktop. I can now create new folders on the Tab's sdcard, transfer files to it, delete them, etc. And after I disconnect the USB connection, I can see the folders, files, etc. on the Tab that I transferred to it over USB.

But -- and this is the weird part -- although the files or folders I created over USB can now be accessed from the Tab (using a file manager app), once I disconnect the USB connection to the PC I can't access it again from the Ubuntu system following reconnect.

thru all this I find that "gmtp" should work, but it does not. I've upgraded from my earlier l<something> build of ubuntu, thru maverick, to natty, to where I am now, o-<something>, v 11.10 I believe it is. The xda link above seems to have the most reliable info, for those of you attempting any of this.

But -- and this is the weird part -- although the files or folders I created over USB can now be accessed from the Tab (using a file manager app), once I disconnect the USB connection to the PC I can't access it again from the Ubuntu system following reconnect.

Anybody have any idea what's causing this weird behavior?

Thanks!
Rick

Sounds to me like all you have transferred over are Short-cuts of those Files and Folders...